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Relive the MK Dons entire 2014/15 promotion season through the eyes of a group of idiots who really should know better but clearly don’t.

Join in with Franchise Watch from your favourite armchair. Educate yourself using The Lexicon of Chav from your kitchen table. And take part in The Roundabout of the Week from the comfort of your very own man-shed.

if you’re a fan of the Milton Keynes’ Dons, then this book should be on your coffee table. And if you’re not a fan of the Milton Keynes’ Dons, then you really should have a copy in your toilet.

The last show of series 2 of The MooCamp Radio Show – the MK Dons radio show that knows what it feels like to get promoted, and it likes what it knows.We talk about the buildup to Sunday, we talk about Sunday’s match and we talk about the aftermath of Sunday’s match. But most of all we talk about how much we seem to have annoyed the rest of the world by getting promoted.

We talk about the hugs, the tears, the cheers and the total disbelief at what happened, and we’ll talk about just how much we deserve it, and how great we are. Seriously – very great – that’s how great.

There seriously wasn’t enough time to share all the great stuff that we’d planned, but that was because we spent so much time on Franchise Watch, and that was absolutely the right thing to do.

We got promoted! We’re in the Championship!

Music came from Primal Scream, The Dukes of Uke, Primal Gers, The Thompson Twins and Curtis Mayfield.

The MooCamp Radio Show – you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, and we’re all off to Ibiza for the summer, so have a great one, and we’ll see you for the pre-season friendlies.

When we talk of famous matches in our history, we talk of ‘that’ Tranmere match, securing promotion at Stockport and winning the league at Bradford. We talk of winning the JPT at Wembley, drawing at Wycombe with nine men, beating Leeds at home and we talk of the first Kingston match and the Heel of God.

Those matches have etched a place into our collective memories, and Sunday 3rd May 2015 will be a day that will live long in the memories that we are building together. Whatever happens at Stadium:MK and whatever happens in Colchester, we will talk of this match to each other, and to our friends and families for years to come.

If things go our way, then at the final whistle, we will have secured a place in the championship for next season. If things go differently, then we will be moving in to the playoffs in incredible form, and we’ll have done it by playing some of the greatest football that we’ve ever played.

If you’d told me back in August that I’d be looking back on a season where we beat the Kingston lot again, but that it would be nothing more than an afterthought, I’d have doubted your sanity. But that’s exactly what happened – this has been an incredible season.

The feeling of walking into our sold out stadium for the first time was remarkable. Seeing us use that opportunity to destroy Manchester United, and seeing us doing that playing OUR game, in front of the watching world was beautiful. Seeing the entire stadium celebrating each goal with us was sublime.

We’ve scored goals galore this season, and we’ve defended strongly, breaking records at both ends of the pitch. The points tally we’ve accrued going into the last match would have been enough for us to have already gained automatic promotion in the majority of recent seasons.

What’s most significant for me this season isn’t the numbers, however impressive they may be – for me what’s most impressive is the way that we’ve done it. I am genuinely honoured to have watched some of the football that we’ve played this season. There have been many occasions where I’ve struggled to believe that we’re a third division side – it has been beautiful, and I’ll remember it forever.

From the moment we arrive at Stadium:MK tomorrow, we have a job to do as supporters. We need to sing loud and proud from before kickoff right through to the final whistle, whatever happens in Colchester. Wherever you sit in the stadium, make sure that anyone near you who wants to sing will not be singing alone – lead the way and make some noise.

If things go our way, then we’ll party till Tuesday morning :-). If things don’t go our way, then que sera sera – we need to start our playoff campaign from the final whistle. Let the team and Robbo know how great this season has been and let them know that we are behind them.

Whatever happens – let’s puff those chests out, be proud of everything we’ve created, and the history that we’re making.

We wax lyrically about the mauling of Leyton Orient, and we’ll pause to savour the delight of the destruction of Doncaster Rovers. It’s been a good week for The Dons and we’ll raise a glass to Dele and Patrick for their success at the Football League awards too.

We’ve got an extended ‘Here’s the Answer, What’s the Question?’, a delicious list of people who adore our Chairman as much as we do, and we’ll also bring you possibly the finest Franchise Watch so far.

We’ve got a surprising amount of texts and tweets given the rather special circumstances, and as usual, you’re more entertaining than we are.

Music came from The Meteors, which had me wrecking in my seat.

The MooCamp Radio Show – it’s getting close to the end of the season, so enjoy it while you can.